October 2009
3 posts
Inspirational Quotes #36
“Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair.” Thomas HobbesEnglish political philosopher (1588 - 1679)
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Inspirational Quotes #35
“To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.” Marquis de Vauvenargues(1715–1747 French moralist and essayist) Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes #34
“There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all.” Sydney SmithEnglish essayist (1771 - 1845) Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
September 2009
1 post
Inspirational Quotes #33
“Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.”William PennEnglish religious leader and colonist (1644 - 1718) Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
August 2009
5 posts
Inspirational Quotes #32
“The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.” Aesop Greek slave & fable author (620 BC - 560 BC) Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes #31
“Things won are done; joy’s soul lies in the doing”William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, Scene 2 Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes #30
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes #29
“Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.”Joseph Addison English essayist, poet, & politician (1672 - 1719) Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes #28
“We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.” Eric Hoffer Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
July 2009
13 posts
Inspirational Quotes #27
“Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed” Blaise Pascal - French mathematician, physicist (1623 - 1662) Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes #26
Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is Primal Virtue.
Lao Tzu (c.604 - 531 B.C.) Source: The Tao Te Ching, (51)
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Inspirational Quotes #25
“Pain or love or danger makes you real again” Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969) Source: The Dharma Bums Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes #24
“An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself” — Albert Camus Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes #23
23 is a “magical” number and as such the 23rd inspirational quote needs to be treated accordingly. There are many interpretations of the Tao Teh Ching by Lao-Tzu - this one is courtesy of S.Mitchell ……………………. 23 Express yourself completely, then keep quiet. Be like the forces of nature: when it blows, there is only wind; when it...
Inspirational Quotes #22
“We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion” Georg Hegel Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes #21
“Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.” -Miguel de Cervantes, (1547 - 1616) - via whatisthequote.com Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes #20
“Your bleeding-edge Now is always someone else’s past. Someone else’s ’70s bellbottoms. Grasp that and start to attain atemporality” – @GreatDismal via twitter Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
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“People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.” -Jerry Lewis #quote via twitter @richstep51 “People hate me because I am a handsome, multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally infamous evil genius.” EvilGenius™
Inspirational Quotes #17
“AK-47, the very best there is. When you absolutely, positively, have to kill every single motherfucker in the room; accept no substitute.” - Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson character in Jackie Brown) Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes #16
“It is not worth an intelligent man’s time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that” G. H. Hardy, (1877 - 1947) Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes #16
“Genius is childhood recaptured” Charles Baudelaire Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
June 2009
25 posts
Inspirational Quotes #15
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race...
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Inspirational Quotes #14
If one door of opportunity closes, don’t wait for other to open. Jump through the Window. via twitter #quote Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes #13
“The best thing you can do is get good at being you” Dennis the Menace Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
The future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed
– William Gibson.
Inspirational Quotes #12
“But let the mind beware, that though the flesh be bugged, the circumstances of existence are pretty glorious” Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) The Dharma Bums Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes # 11
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes # 10
“Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity” Anonymous Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes # 8
A genius is someone who shoots at a target no one else sees and hits it. Anonymous Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes # 8
Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts. - Clare Booth Luce Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes # 7
“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion” Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969) Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Qoutes # 6
The more talented somebody is, the less they need the props.
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Inspirational Quotes # 5
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. anon - via chrisbrogan.com Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes # 4
“By knowing things that exist, you can know that which does not exist” Miyamoto Musashi Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
as a fierce advocate of all things black and white I had to drop this little beauty in here…
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Inspirational Quotes # 3
“We should be taught not to wait for
inspiration to start a thing.
Action always generates inspiration.
Inspiration seldom generates action”
Frank Tibolt (1897-1989)
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Inspirational Quotes # 2
“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. the rest I just squandered” George Best Posted via web from theCount | Comment »
Inspirational Quotes # 1
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they go by.” Douglas Adams, March 11 1952 - May 11, 2001 Posted via web from theCount | Comment »